By Lunacalor on

Hey gang

So I am not good at those things at all and I am stuck.

I tried to install managing news but just can't.
On their website it says follow the Drupal install and use Managing News profile instead of the Drupal profile.
Ok but when?

I am not prompted to choose anything.
I downloaded Drupal, created a database, went to localhost to run it locally first. And then the Drupal website was up and running.

Could someone take a few minutes to explain how to install that thing?

Thanks

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WorldFallz’s picture

WorldFallz commented

I believe the installation profile you want is http://drupal.org/project/managingnews. If you download the correct profile distribution, when you run the installer you'll have an option for the 'managing news' profile. Otherwise the installation is the same as plain old drupal.

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Lunacalor commented

Hi Thanks
I did this but the problem is that I don't get a choice , it goes straight to the plain Drupal installation.
And after a few tries, I get the choice but then it freezes...and do not proceed.
:-( I spent hours on this....

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Lunacalor commented

I've tried to install this on my hosting service, didn't work either.
has anyone done this?

WorldFallz’s picture

WorldFallz commented

I just tried it myself-- I got the "managing news" install profile listed, and ran through the installation with no problems. As I said, make sure you're downloading the correct tarball.

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Lunacalor commented

I am stuck at http://localhost/install.php?profile=managingnews

Question: should the database we create for managingnews be called managingnews?
I tried but it did not make any difference.
i am trying to install this locally on a Mac. I used Mamp to create the database.
I added ManagingNews Profile to the profiles folder in drupal.
I duplicated the .php file and renamed it.
Went to localhost. Got a choice. And got stuck...
I've noticed that when I jit localhost I get the drupal favicon, when I choose the ManagingNews option the http://localhost/install.php?profile=managingnews has the MAMP favicon. Don't know if that matters.

And on bluehost I get this

Warning: require_once(./profiles/managingnews/managingnews.profile) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home1/dpwatchc/public_html/managingnews/install.php on line 89

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required './profiles/managingnews/managingnews.profile' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home1/dpwatchc/public_html/managingnews/install.php on line 89"

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WorldFallz commented

I added ManagingNews Profile to the profiles folder in drupal.

That's the problem-- I say yet again, you have to use the correct download (click the "Download from managingnews.com" link right on the managing news profile page I linked above.

Lunacalor’s picture

Lunacalor commented

I got the file from http://managingnews.com/download that's the one I've been using form the very beginning.

So WHERE should this be installed if not in the profile folder of DRUPAL???

What leads you to believe that I am NOT using the correct download?

Maybe one could think that I am not putting it in the right place and tell me where to install it....
ANd this is not about not understanding what you say, it's just that for the thrid time you assert that I am not donwloading the right one, while I am...

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WorldFallz commented

It's not something that needs to be installed in any folder of drupal-- it's a complete distribution that INCLUDES drupal. Its almost 13 mb! lol.

What leads me to believe you're not using the correct download? Because you still haven't gotten it to install and I just did it in like 5 minutes-- with no problems. There are no extra steps involved so there's nothing else that can go wrong!

  1. download the zip from http://managingnews.com/download
  2. extract it to where you want the site to live
  3. follow the instructions in INSTALL.txt for copying and configuring the settings.php file (same as a regular drupal install)
  4. point a browser to the address of the site and run through the installer selecting the "Managing News" profile
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Lunacalor commented

:) SO you were wrong, I had the right file all along. :-)

Sometimes what you take for granted is NOT what others take for granted.

I am no Drupal expert, and that was tough for ME. So for you, as an expert or used to Drupal, this took 5 minutes. It took me many hours installing this to Bluehost.
Files permissions issues since all folder were not 755 or 644 and all files were not right either (apart from the two.php in Sites).
I had an issue with the memory size for PhP and had to set it right.
I had no idea how to set up a cron job on bluehost and had to find out.

So there is more to it than a 5 minutes job for someone who is not used to all this.
I just need a feed aggregator, managed to have one running on WP, wanted more possibilities. So not an expert at all. I will make a screencast on how to install this for people like me.
Thanks

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voipfc commented

@WorldFallz

I think you should have realized he was a newbie.

I have had so many problems with file permissions that I always run FastCGI with permissions set to 744.
That takes care of most the issues.

/voipfc

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rabkhan commented

Are u upgrading from a previous version of drupal or are u installing new? If you are installing new then make sure u have proper permission on the directory & make sure you choose the Managing News Profile rather than the default profile when installing. Also note that Managing News is in Beta version so experiencing error/bugs is possible.